Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
in front; face to face
prep
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryin front of
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English an Middle English a- English a- Latin frontem Old French frontbor. Middle English frount English front English afront From a- + front.
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